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111. ,
R.o¡,al Commentaries.
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CH A
P.
VI.
1he
Auayéhinés
yie/J.
themfelves, and
are Gr~tioujly
recet–
ved to Pardon.
O.
F
the
Conaon,
( which
is
the
commott
Natn~
of
théf~
peofj!~)
wére
kil1ed
accordillg co
their
own
ac'cóUJlt;
fix
thóufand
1ñ
tqis
B_
att~l
~
the vvhkh
ílaughter was
chiefly
occafioned
by cheir
own
unsltilfulheís,
ami want
6f
árc
fo
defénd rhemfélves ; when, on the othet fide, by n!afort of theirDifcipljrt€ lhW
ar,
there perühed non above five hundred: Howfüever, thé Battél was foughé \.vitH
fuch
couragfl, thar
it
(!nded not
ootill thd
darknefs of
the
tiight fé~arared 00th
~arties,
and ca_µfed
rhem
to retire
ta
their
refpe<füve qtiarters.: Th~
day
füllowilig
the
Collaons
viewing the
heaps
oftheir deacl,
and
foeliñg _the frrtart
0f cheir
wounds
now cold, began ro dtoop, and lof€ all
thl'.iit
forlnet ht>pes and coutage,
rlot
knowi
ing
what courfe ot refolution ro take; for
to
ovetcotfle;and figlit their way chrdugh
their
Enemies, was
irupoffible,
and
to
éfoa¡,e
t;y fl.ight
was
€é\úáUy as
difficult, be:
ing
enc;ompaffi:d on
all
ftdes
by
their
lirtetni@s ;
and
t-0
futténder
ancl
yiekl
to
Mer–
ey
f
eemed
dangerous, for
having a!tead1/
téfüfod
tliofe advantágeeus C0ñ~itlóhS
which
the
lntá
had prófered ; and
haviñg_
pfovoked
Mim
te ahger by théir ohfü–
nate refiftetice,
they
foart'd,. lefi théy had put th@fuf(glv~s.~y0rtd all h0pes ot éx!
~étations of
patdótl.
Howfoever,
il~
this
petplexed
coñditi<§ñ,
t~ey
ernBraced
the
counfel
of
the
tnoft
aged
and wifefi
amongfi them;
whi<::h was
to yield and
rn~
..voke
the OélrleiJGY
0f
the
Princ-e ,
fo¡;
háving
h~rd .
th~
repete:
of
thar: Merey
which this
lnM,
.tfret
che
e:51a1nvle ofhis-
Ancefioürs; had ufed toward§
ali, as
weU
towards Rebél~;
áS
tó
rhe ohé'ditnt; they con_cseived fotrte hopes, that they alf
d
mighr prove -d1e effeéts of
his
natm:al com¡;,affion. vyherefore fo foon as
it
was
day, they attired themfelves in the moíl: penitent and hl,Íil1ble manner that
il}ey
wer€: able'; ctre_acfües óf theit' heads were put:
~
thei.F foet bare, and no other
garmcnt on
theit
buclies,. dranthéir Shitts,; théír Captaim and Leaders apl')eared
with
the'it
hands
bo11nd,
and
in
this humble ,poíl:ure.
they
proceeded with lilence
to die Cates,. wheté
tlre
íncti
was c¡uart~red; a:ncdí thet'é'knMlingdównl
be'fot~
hitn,
they fáid,
Thar chey
carne
nót
to
ask
tiis
r>atdon, fór
th'at
they well-k-new,
tllai
thcir
ótlence and
rebeiliún;
rnad
pmt
them &efid@s a1B ~opes of obtaiJiing!
it
~
énely
rliey
were
béfote
fiimi
tó
prefent themfel'lléS to the· $words of his Souldlets;
dt.ir!t'heir
13101'.(d
rtl"ight ex~iate their Rébellion, and ferve fof e::au~i"on and-example-td
othér Natlons, hów cfftty tefüled- or difopeyed,
nim
wi1ofe F!i-f-het was the Sun.
Iri
élnfWér wh~r€Utitólth'e
inca
rnmt'ílanded one of
hls
CaptaiQs
to-
tell rherrt
il'l
litis
Nrune,
thát
his
faclier the Sun- had not
ferit
him on the Earth
to
kHf or
defüoy che·
Jndíans',
bue
oo
t~e' túnkary had commanded him
fu'
fuc-<:ot1r,
comforc and dóé them
g6(!)d-;
and thaé teachil'lg them to
refotin
their beffial
manner
0f
life,
he fhóuld- inílruét th~m
in
c~e tt'ue Religion and Woríhip of'
the Sun, who was their God: To which end, and t0 no other purpofe ( for
he
frood
in
no need of their fervice)
fi~
rrav'elled from Coumrey to Cóumrey, that
he
might publifh ~hefe Laws and OY.dinánces of racional
1
Governmenc ~níongfr-
' them,
which he had re<!tüved foom his-Fathé"r- the Sun: Andas the piousüff-[pring
of
foclt
a Father,
he
m:ei:ved theL-11
1
to
pardon, though cheir Rebelliofl deferved'
punifhmem,, ófwhich his-ihterceffion oa their behalf w"ith bis Father fhe Su!l', hac.f
procured a F~leafe ; rnn~iáon:iHy, t&át' for the fut'ure they íhou!d reform their
Manners, and obey the Sun, under WAOÍe Laws,and Proteétion chey might e):(peét
ali bleífmgs ofprofperity and repo(e. With this anf\Ver he commanded that they
íhould be doathed, and'care takén of t:'he wóunded, aad ali of t'hem feaíl-ed
and
refrefh@d witl11. provifions ; and' with fuch entertainmenc diíiniíling rhem
to
theic
owa homes, t~ey acknowledged chat Rebellión was the caafe of all their mifd'lief,
and cha-e Submiffiop and Obedience \\ras by the Clemency'of che
Inca
ch~ir onely'
remedy,
CH AP.